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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Murdered His Uncle.

Michael Morris, young man living
near Sand Beach, has been arrested for
the murder Of Lawrence Brennan, his UNI
Gle Two months ago Morris and his wife
came to this state from Pennsylvania and
settled on his uncle's farm, the latter liv-
ing with them. Shortly after it was given
out that Brennan had gone to Washington
Territory Suspicion was rife in the
neighborhood, but no action was taken I'M
til Morris, claiming that his uncle had
given him the place before leaving, offered
a clumsily forged deed for record. These
circumstances connected with the strange
actions Of Mrs. Morris, who could not be
induced TO stay in the house alone, led to
an official investigation.
The sheriff and prosecuting attorney
made the arrest, after calling upon the
neighboring farmers to search for Bren-
mans body. The badly decomposed re-
mains were iii scOvered in a well near the
house, where Morris finally confessed to
have concealed them after he had murder
ed his uncle with club in the course of q
quarrel on the evening of April 20.
The prisoner was taken TO Bad Axe, and
as circuit court Is in session, will probably
be tried at once.
Brennan was man of solitary habits,
about "a years of age, and the murderer Is
his sisters son, and 23 years of age.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Il. b. HAYES.
Blown to Eternity.

Eight men were killed and six badly in
jured the other afternoon by a premature
explosion of dynamite at the Cambria Iron
cOmpany's stone quarres at Birmingham,
near Altoona, Pa. Some of the injured
will die. Two of the injured are Italians.
All the others are Americans.
Preparations had been made during the
morning for big blast, six kegs of powder
having been used in filling the holes. At
noon the fuse was attached and lighted,
and before the men returned from their
dinners a partial explosion took place.
Thinking that the powder had all been
burned, the men went to work boring out,
reflling and tampering the holes to get
ready for another blast. Suddenly, and
without warning, thunderous boom was
heard and was Immediately followed by
the fall of a great mass of rock. Death
and CONSERVATION were the result. Head
less and dsmembered dead, horribly
mangled and dying, and the shockingly
wounded lay scattered about OH top and
beneath the rocks in the quarry. Assist
ance and medical aid were summoned and
the wounded were properly and promptly
cared for.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Shot His Wife.

A man named Alonzo Allen, living near
Hamilton, Allegan county, shot his wife
just below the shoulder. The husband
and wife had not lived tremendously to-
gether for some time, and she had stated
that she should leave him, Allen had
been to Allegan and drank pretty freely,
returning home OH the evening train, and
on reaching there had some words with
his wife and fired the shot. How serious
the wound may prove is not at present
known. The man left Immediately. lie
was arrested at Dorr later and taken to
Allegan and lodged in Jail.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
The Pioneer and Historical Society.

The annual meeting Of the state pioneer
society was held in Lansing on the LIST and
I'd inst.
The report of the secretary showed
membership of ESQ. Forty-siX joined dur
ing the past year and there have been 26
deaths. OF the latter number. two-David
johnson of Jackson and Smith TOoker of
Tansng-wcre charter members. The
treasurer reported the receipts for the year
to be 81, 102 OF; disbursements, So S97 81;
amount i'm the treasury, S204 81.
Judge Tacott +. Wing of Monroe read
sketch of the life Of the late Hon. Charles
f.. Stuart Of Kalamazoo, and President
Goodrich read his annual address. Gov.
Luce gave his talk on the Ordinance of
1887" and Judge J. V. Campbell read his
paper on ''Small Peris of History"
The following officers were elected for
ensuing year: President, TalcOtt G. Wing
of Monroe; recording secretary, Mrs. IIar-
riet Tenney of Lansing; treasurer, c.
Longyear of Lansing; corresponding sec
rotary. Geo. ii. Green of Lansing. The
executive committee consists of j. G.
Holmes of Detroit: Judge Albert Miller of
Bay City, and Hon. 5. ID. Bingham of
Lansing. A historical committee was
elected as follows: Col Michael Shoemak-
or of Jackson, chairman; DR.. o. G. Com
stock. Grand Rapids; w. J. Baxter, Jones'
ville Rev. Riley c. Crawford of Grand
Rapids, and Mayor w. G. Ransom of Lans.
ing.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
ComplimentInq Michigan.

Michigan is the recipient of another
compliment through her cadets, and the
compliment comes from high source, too
Gen. Anger called upon Gen. Sheridan,
who said to him that the drilling of the
Orchard Lake cadets was by all odds the
best that was seen on the drill grounds
during the encampment. He added that
If the boys could have been entered for the
infantry prize they would certainly have
carried off the first, as there was not a
company present that could have competed
with them. lie said, too, that he had
never seen boy who bore himself so well
from a military standpoint as Capt. Win
ans. Gen. Anger was naturally greatly
elated over the words of praise uttered by
the foremost military officer I'm the country.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Forest Products.

Following is comparative showing Of
the movement of forest products from Sag
inaw river ports during May:
EAST SAGINAW.
1883. 1886. 1887.
Lumber, ( t36, 1870, 900 90 05s, 900 %, 800, 900
Lath, pes. 2, $4,000 $780, 1,470, 900
Shingles. l,522, 900 1880, 900 1880, 900
BAY CITY.
Lumber, T 't95, 40, 900 S. 2s3, 100 20, Ola, 627
Lath. pes. 2,S4s, 900 2,7S5, 900 1856, 600
Shingles. S,456, 900 5000, 900 $3.50, 900
AGGREGATE TO JUNE |.
Lum, IT 131, 279, 900 IA, 341, 900 l02, 314, 627
Lath, pcs 5,32S, 900 1885, 900 1896, 900
Shingles 9,97s,000 $4,000 IL, 100, 900
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
AN AWFUL CRIME.
Dan Fulton Butchers His Wife, Her EN-
ployer and Himself

Dan Fulton Butchers His Wife, Her EN-
ployer and Himself.
The blOodiest crime ever perpetrated In
Shiawassee county was committed seven
miles west of OwOsso on the evening Of
June Sd. Daniel Fulton, aged 81 years,
cut the throat of, and practically dlsem-
bOweled, Alexander Holmes, a farmer,
killed his wife, Harriet Fulton, and slash
ed his own throat from ear To ear.
The motive for the crime was jealousy,
and the strange feature of the case is that
all of the parties were of advanced age,
Holmes, who is So, being the youngest,
while all wore the white hair and other
marke of time that are generally taken to
denote the period of life when the passions
10 not lead to violent and bloody extremes.
A month ago Fulton married domestic
working for one Holmes, on his farm In
Middebdry. Fulton became exceedingly
Jealous of Holmes attentions to his wife.
On the night of the Sd he claims he caught
the couple in q compromising situation.
Aiming himself with a long knife he went
TO the door, called Holmes out, and with
out warning attacked and stabbed him sew
en- or eight times. Holmes fell and expired
in short time. Fulton, then thoroughly
Infatuated, rushed on his wife and cut her
throat, almost severing the head from the
body. Then he hunted up razor and cut
his own throat in a fearful manner. He
is now in Jail with poor chances of recovery.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09

A writer in DIR. Foote'S Health
Monthly says: Milinite is the name of
a new explosive, so powerful that it is
very dangerous to handle. In an ac-
cident by which six men were killed by
its unexpected explosion two of the
bodies were utterly destroyed so that
not fragment could be found Nitro
glycerine is another explosive better
known than infinite, and perhaps of
equal power, but it is being used to
bring the dead to life. A medical eX
change relates the case of woman,
apparently dead by collapse, who was
resuscitated by q simultaneous injection
of a dilute solution of nitro glycerine.
"A minute elapsed before the patient
gave slight gasp; after the third min
ute the pulse was felt, and he heart
was distinctly heard; flush came over
the face of the patient, the eyes opened
and the muscles, which had assumed
the rigidity of death, gradually relaxed
and she became conscious. In few
days the patient made gool recov-
ery." These facts demonstrate the i'm
portance of dosage and method of adj
ministration of anything powerful for
both good and evil.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
The Worlds Cumming Cround.

The commercial agent at New Gale
donia, South Pacific ocean, has reported to
the department of state that convicts in
that colony are being liberated with the
understanding that they must not settle in
any English or French COLONY, and as a
consequence the majority of them are go
ing to San Francisco. He says that a
proposition is now before the local parlla-
ment TO vote IL, 600 for landing in San
Francisco all the worst of these men. The
French government, he also says are Of
fering a subsidy of f120 per month for a
steamer t run between Neoumea and
Tahiti, and thence to San Francisco, for
the purpose of assisting immigrants to
America
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Why They Grumble.

The Dominion government has made
diligent inquiry by telegram into the some
what alarming reports that are being sent
to the papers from Winnipeg and Ottawa
regarding the condition of affairs at Bato-
che and other half-breed settlement in the
Northwest. Reliable information on the
subject is to the effect that the half breeds
are in poverty and inclined to grumbe,
which appears to be the whole story.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
A Erightful Casualty.

Duringa circus performance at NeSchen,
Germany, the other evening, storm arose
and portion of the roof of the circus
structure was blown off. The pendant
lamps hanging from the roof were broken
and the burning petroleum poured down
upon the heads of the people below. There
were g 900 spectators and fearful panic
arose. In the midst of the tumult one of
the lightly-built walls of the structure fell
in and the whole building Immediately
collapsed. a large number of persons
were burned and many trampled 10 death
and 500 more or less injured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
TIL. Monument to Gen. Lyte,

Gen. Sheridan has appointed the follow
ing members of the society of the army Of
the Cumberland committee to take
charge of the project and collect funds for
a monument to Gen. Lytel of Ohio; Gen.
Henry NJ. Cist of Cincinnati, chairman;
Gen. j. 5. Fullerton of st. Louis. Gen. l..
=. Bradley, u. S. A., Col. n. II. Wool
worth of Chicago, Col. w. b. McCreery of
Flint, Mich. Gen. Lytel was one of the
most distinguished officers of the army of
the Cumberland. He was killed at Chicka-
manga while leading his brigade in des-
perate charge.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Condemned Boiler.

The boiler in an elevator in Hunting
ton, w. Va, exploded the other morning,
killing T. II. Reece, IS years old, married;
John Kelley, single and w. X. Albertson,
married. and badly injuring John Cox,
engineer; Geo. Newman, boss Of the gang,
and Chauncey Bossinger, son of Ii. &.
Bossinger. one of the Chesapeake Il Ohio
forenoon, besides n dozen or more others
whose wounds are not considered danger
Gus. John Perry is known to be missing
and as there were thirty men on the eleva-
tor at the time others will likely be found.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Assisted Irish Emigration.

The state department has submitted To
the treasury recent correspondence on the
subject of assisted emigration from Ireland
to the United States. 1t appears that
Minister West recently reported that the
passage of some Irish emigrants had been
paid, and asked whether such emigrants
would he excluded. Secretary Bayard re-
sponded that no rule could be laid down
applicable to all such cases. While such
assistance to pauper emigrants was objec-
tionable, each case would have to be pass
ed upon by the commissioners of immigra-
ton upon arrival.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
A Veteran Clergyman Gone.

The Rev. Supply Chase, one of the best
known Baptist clergymen in Michigan
died at his home in Detroit on the 2d inst,
aged 81 years.
The Rev. Mr.. Chase was born in Rut-
land, VT, Sept. So 1900. He was descend
ed from Rhode Island family who came
from England with Roger Williams, the
celebrated Puritan. The career of the de-
ceased has been varied as well as a long
one.
When about eight years old he removed
with his parents from Rutland to Tully, a
small town near Syracuse, y. Y. Before
entering the church Mr.. Chase held a
cOlonel's commission in the New York
state militia. He was ordained a minister
in 1884 and took charge of the Baptist
church in FULLY.
A short time after his ordination he was
appointed a missionary to MIchigan-the
first appointment of the kind and arrived
in Detroit in the year 1886. From that
city he went to Mt. Clemens, where he
abored two years. From Mt. Clemens he
was sent to take charge of the Mt. Vernon
Baptist church, in Washington, MacOmb
county At the expiration of his ministry
in Washington Mr.. Chase was transferred
to Stony Creek. He afterward labored in
Romeo and Worthwhile, returning to De
troit in 1854 to take pastoral charge of the
Second Baptist church, which position he
held for over fifteen years, when old age
compelled him to rest from his labOrs.
The deceased was prominent abolition
isl during the war; and will be kindly re-
membered by the colored people for the
interest he took in their troubles during
The riots that occurred at that time. Mr..
Chase was commissioner of the freedman
bureau during the war.
The surviving children of the deceased
are Mrs. =. f. Smith, Mrs. George Prentiss
and Mr.. +. Il. Chase. all of Detroit Mr..
Chase was married while in charge of the
church at Tully, y. Y. His first wife died
at Stony Creek and Mr.. Chase was again
married in that place to Miss Mary Stevens,
who died in Detroit last January.
The deceased. at the time of his death
was president of the Pcninsular iron works
of Detroit, and always took an active in
tercst in the commercial progress of De
troit. He was the Oldest clergyman in
Michigan.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Imnnrtant for Mexico

The Mexican congress which has just
adjourned, has been one of more than or
binary interest. On the record of import
ant legislation first comes the resolution
submitting to the states the constitutional
amendment making President Dlaz eli
gible to be his own successor;the new min
ing law, which cannot but be very stimu-
lating to that industry, and the pledging
of three per cent of the custom duties to
guarantee payment of securities which
may be issued for draining the valley Of
Mexico.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Michigan swamp Lands.

Commissioner Sparks has recommended
suit to set aside patents issued to the state
of Michigan for about 5000 acres of land
OH Bots Blanc island, which land was
patented to the state as swamp land. The
commissioner holds that as the land i'm
question was in reservation at the date
of the passage of the swamp land act, it
could have been included with that grant
ed to the state by the act.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Panic I'm a Church.

A terrible panic prevailed in chihuahua,
Mexico, on the afternoon of the Sd inst,
in the Catholic church, caused by falling
candle setting fire to an altar. The church
was crowded with women and children.
They became frantic and scenes of a terror
stricken, struggling mass of humanity
followed. Several children were killed
and quite number Of women severely in
iured,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Strikers Attack "a Brewery.

Twelve hundred striking miners at
tempted to rob brewery at Bacmiut.
owned by an English firm. The so Eng
lish workmen employed in the brewery
resisted and during the conflict three of
the brewery hands were killed and many
on both sides injured, A number of the
miners were arrested. The conflict ended
before the military, who were summoned,
arrived upon the scene.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Four Lives Lost.

Two freight trains collided early the
other morning four miles south of Calera,
Ala, on the Louisville Il Nashville rail
road. Engineer Howard Rowe and fire.
man Burton, colored, were killed outright
as was also Negro tramp, while another
tramp was fatally injured. Both trains
were badly wrecked. The accident is at
tributed to faulty time piece of one of the
conductors.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
MIchlran Par;les Interestsd.

In the celebrated Ford will case the
supreme court % Missouri has rendered
a decision generally favorable to the con-
testing widow, who sought 10 break the
will on the ground that il created per-
petuities. The court held that the ground
was well taken In regard to about $50, 900
worth of property in Wisconsin, but de-
clined TO pass upon questions pertaining to
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
A Woman Ordered Sold.

In the city court at Paducah, KY, Mol
lie Jackson, white woman. was convicted
of vagrancy, and Judge Thomas ordered
that she be sold to the highest bidder for
30 days. This Is the first judgment ever
made in that section, but 1t is not without
precedent in other places I'm Kentucky.
Judge Thomas action has met a great deal
Of unfavorable comment.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09

bHBPp bhI1S, WUUI. DU u I UU
WooL-The market opens fairly active,
with prices ranging from 22 to 80 cts.
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE-Market strong; shipping steers
$50 to 1850 lbs, s. F(9s 81; stockers and
feeders, $20Q y ~. bulk, s. @S3 Texas
cattle, So (G$3 50.
HoGs-Market opened 10 high r. closed
win tue dvHe lost; rough and mixed,
81. C(0t.90; packing and shipping, : 500
i5. 10; light, 81. 1904. o; skips IS D (d4. q.
SHEEP-Market lrono: natives 1904. o;
western. So ~ ga. Il Texans 81 go %;
lambs, 81 s501 5.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09

$3.50, 900 worth In Missouri, Kansas,
Iowa and Michigan, The widow was cut
OIL with an annuity of $500 and the use
of homestead She is fighting
largely In the interest of her young son
and against several brothers Of the de-
| eased.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09

Speaking of the damage caused in
Michigan by the forest fires this spring,
the New York Tribune says: This is
a terrible loss to the state but there is
really no one to blame for it except the
people of Michigan themselves. For
years they have been cutting down
their pine forests and leaving the
ground strewn for miles with the boughs
cut from the trunks. The result is that
the upper peninsula is nothing more or
less than huge brush-heap, dry as a
finder, and source of awful danger
to all new settlements, 1t will remain
so, too, until the legislature of Michigan
can devise some remedy The task is
difficult one, but many millions Of dol
lars and hundreds of human lives are
at stake.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
It's settled.

II Is believed that the Canadian fisheries
question Is practically settled. The ar
rangement, IL is understood, will give the
American and Canadian fishermen equal
rights In the disputed waters, and In turn
for the concessions made by Canada, the
latter Is to receive substantial benefits In
other directions.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09

Says the Rev. Judson Smith of the
American Board of Boston: american
missionaries have ever been treated
with especial consideration by the Chi
nese authorities. Ii Hung Chang, the
Chinese statesman, said, Il have read
the Bible, / know all you Christian ma
tions preach the golden rule of ado
unto others as you would be done by"
but none of you live up to it. The
Americans come nearest to living up to
it, howe err Thus, despite the treat
ment Cinnamon received in some parts
of the United States, Americans are the
favorte foreigners with the Chinese
people and government, and our mis-
sionaries have received more of their
favor than missionaries from other
countries. "
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
l.O9s, O24,OT5 81

Debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, So, 737, 403 0S; debt bearing no
interest, $500, no, 773 81; total debt, ST.
697, 542, ISL 96: total debt less available
cash items, 81, 800, 1913, l54 63; net cash In
the treasury, 1913, 95l, G92 a.; debt, less
cash in treasury June 1, 1887, S1,296, 2s1,-
465 10; decrease of debt during the month,
IS, SIS, 997 So; decrease of debt since June
30, 1886, 500, s54, 921 81; cash in the treas
ury available for reduction of the debt,
S277, 30S.997 SO; reserve fund, $1,000, 000,-
900; unavailable for reduction of the debt,
S27, POS, 314 2S; total cash I'm the treasury
as shown by the treasurer's general ac-
count S4G6, 269, 500 O5.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Reasonable Enough.

Senator Powers resolution that Ameri-
can fishermen must abide by the laws
governing Canadian fishermen in the event
of their Being admitted to Canadian waters
by the treaty between the two govern
ments, has been unanimously adopted by
the senate at Ottawa.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09


The Shah of Persia has authorized
the American missionaries to establish
at Teheran no pital in which without
regard to nationality or religion, all
applicants for relief may be received for
treatment. DR.. Terrence, physician to
the nilsson, has been appointed director
of the hospital, and an appeal is made
for means to place it upon working
basis. For immediate use $1,000 is
needed, and $1,000 will be necessary
TO complete the establishment As a
mark of appreciation of Dr. Torrence's
zeal and devotion, applied gratutously
for many years in the relief of distress,
the Shah has named him Grand officer
of the Order of. the Lion and Sun of
Persia.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
Two Big Pensions.

Two of the largest awards of arrearages
of pensions ever allowed were decided a
few days ago. The first, Is the case OF
Francis Patterson, late private in company
g, One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth New
York infantry. He drew his pension on
account of total blindness contracted in the
service. IL has been pending for years
and has been twice rejected and the board
OF pension appeals sustained Commissioner
Blacks last rejection, but the case was
carried to the secretary of the interior,
who reversed Gen. Black and ordered the
pension to be issued. He will receive S72
a month and s13, 1885 arrearages-th larg-
est yet ever issued. The other Is that of
an Ohio soldier residing at Delphos. o.
lie Is insane and has to be cared for by a
sister, who Is very poor. lie Is rated at
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
or no Account In Canada.

For two days the senate at Ottawa
wrestled with the question OF divorce and
decided by vote of 80 to Is that divorce
obtained in the United States Is of no eff
feet In Canada.